How do you think ? There is a scripture that says,
“For to be carnally minded is death but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.” Romans 8:6
People who do not have GODS Holy Spirit are carnally minded but people who do have GODS Spirit are to be spiritually minded.
“For those who are carnally minded set their minds on carnal things but those who set their minds on the spirit live according to the spirit.” Romans 8:5
Romans 8:7 “The carnal mind is an enemy of GOD because it is not subject to the law of GOD and indeed can not be.”
Now, use this information and think spiritually to reason out the truth about the Ten Commandments and law of Moses.
This is why the law kills everyone. It’s because we do not think like GOD and Christ. Sin begins in our human spirit as thoughts and this is what defiles us as Jesus said, Matthew 15:19-20 “For out of the heart come evil thoughts; murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, slander. Therefore, these are what defile a person”
Those who are carnally minded cannot please GOD if you are under the law (The Ten Commandments) you cannot please GOD.
Romans 8:8 “those who are of the flesh (carnal minded) cannot please GOD” I hope you see how I used spiritual thinking to prove that spiritual thinking people are not under the Ten Commandments.
If a person has the Holy Spirit then they are enabled to think spiritually. This begins at conversion and is to grow over our lifetimes. A babe in Christ is still to some degree carnally minded as shown by Paul’s reprimand of the Corinthians and Galatians.
1 Corinthians 3:3 “for you are still carnal”
Galatians 3:3 “Are you so foolish after beginning in the spirit are you now trying to finish in the flesh ?”
How you think will greatly affect your understanding of the scriptures. If you desire to understand, as another example, 1 Peter 3:19-21, then you must think spiritually but if you think carnally you will include false carnal knowledge into your interpretation of these verses.
Paul says this very thing, 1 Corinthians 2:13 “These things we also speak not in words which man’s wisdom teaches (carnal thinking) but in those taught by the spirit comparing spiritual things with spiritual.” If you think spiritually you will see that the idea of Jesus, after his death, preached to dead people in the days of Noah violates spiritual truths concerning life and death. This false thinking stinks of the lies of denying the humanity of Jesus and promoting the immortal soul, purgatory and the trinity. It totally ignores the truth of the resurrections and would bring into question the great white throne judgement because it would make each person’s judgement separate at their death rather than collectively at the great white throne. The spiritually minded smell this stink but a babes sense of smell is not as good because of newly coming out of the world. These two verses should not be viewed by a spiritually minded person as the truth because they contradict existing truths. There are many instances in scripture where punctuation or misinterpretation will destroy the truth of scripture and 1 Peter 3:19-21 is only one example of this. Here is another……
Matthew 28:19 “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations baptizing them in the name of the father and the son and the Holy Spirit”
There is no way the Apostle Matthew wrote this verse as it appears in all translations of the Bible. This verse stinks to the high heavens because it goes against so many truths and is Trinitarian. In Luke 24:47 it says, “and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name (Jesus) to all nations beginning in Jerusalem.” By using spiritual thinking we know that repentance and forgiveness is what baptism is all about and it is in the name of Jesus this is done. Remember, Jesus came and preached the gospel about repentance which leads to baptism and forgiveness of sins.
The Apostles never used this trinitarian baptismal formula but baptized in the name of Jesus only. Even though this corruption is in all the ancient manuscripts we have I am certain that the more ancient manuscripts that we do not have would would say, “baptizing them in my name” Use your spiritual thinking, the FATHER did not die for you, we are baptized into Christs death not the FATHERS and the FATHER is the Holy Spirit but this corrupted verse gives HIS identity twice by saying in the name of the father and in the name of the Holy Spirit. This is how we saints are empowered by the spirit of the FATHER to identify a lie and to correct it. It is impossible for a carnal mind to see this. Just look at modern day false Christianity, 98% are trinitarians.
If you were baptized in one of Satans churches then what would spiritual thinking teach you ? How about this, “You cannot drink of the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons, you cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons.” 1 Corinthians 10:21 Now think spiritually……
Here is what spiritual thinking reveals about being baptized in one of Satans churches…… your satanic baptism is invalid obviously and you need to be, for the very first time, baptized with the one and only true baptism. I guarantee you that your spiritual growth will accelerate afterwards.
If you have a carnal bias, an implanted idea, already in your mind about a scripture it will prevent you from seeing the truth. This happens to babes in Christ often. It happened to me when I was a babe. I speak from experience whereas the babe has yet to experience. A babe in Christ can learn from a mature saints experience if they do not become offended and angry and taking the advice of the mature saint as insulting or condescending when it is given in love. The babe in Christ must not rely on self, on their way of thinking when they were not yet called and chosen because it is carnal.
The saints are to bring every thought into subjection so that our thoughts, our way of thinking, is obedient to Christ, and we are to cast down arguments that are against the knowledge of GOD. 2 Corinthians 10:4-6 "For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting
down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the
knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience
of Christ, and being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled."
This ability to think spiritually is a gift from GOD. It takes time to grow in any gift therefore all babes in Christ must understand this and not try to act “grown up” when they are not.
Almost every article I have written on this blog employs spiritual thinking based entirely upon learned spiritual truth taught to me by GOD through Jesus Christ that cannot be compromised or violated in any way. This is my foundation and the foundation of anyone who is an elect saint of GOD. This is how and why the saints all know and speak the same things in total agreement, in unity of the faith. Currently this spiritual condition of unity has not yet been achieved in the church but will be shortly before Christ returns. Revfelation 19:7 "Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready.”
“Until we all come to the unity of the faith and the knowledge of the son of GOD, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.” Ephesians 4:13
Even though we are not yet ready the spiritual journey towards this ideal way of spiritual thinking must never be neglected or abandoned. This is what growing in the spirit is all about.
Timothy was a young man who was an evangelist and Paul told Timothy not to let other church members look down on him because of his youth. 1 Timothy 4:12 "Let no one despise your youth, but be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity."
This shows us that spiritual knowledge and wisdom, thinking spiritually, is not always bound by the age of a person but most of the time it should follow that the longer someone has been in Christ the more mature they should be. A babe in Christ could very well be advanced in years or very young like Timothy. Physical age has nothing to do with spiritual thinking. It is the time and commitment we put into our own growth in the Spirit. I am over 70 years old and have been in Christ over 30 years but I would not be surprised to someday find another elect saint half my age that is more spiritually mature than I. I would also not be surprised to fine a babe in Christ my own age.
Remember the things addressed in this article and apply them in your life because they are your life.
"The spirit is life the flesh profits nothing." John 6:63
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